Apollo: Four-man rescue mission (1965 study)

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Topic: Apollo: Four-man rescue mission (1965 study)

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posted 01-26-2015 06:09 PM

Interesting 4-Man Apollo Rescue Mission study by North American Aviation of a possible rescue mission in lunar orbit using a modified Block II Apollo CSM as the rescue vehicle.

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posted 01-27-2015 02:11 PM

Something must have made NASA realize that one crewmember was not enough to fly an Apollo on a rescue mission.

This is an interesting study in light of the two-man rescue crew that was posited for Skylab. I would believe that effecting a rescue of a stranded crew from lunar orbit would have been far more demanding than a LEO Skylab rescue.

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